Grey Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #2)

by Mark Lawrence

Those who rule us stamp upon rage for they see it clearly, knowing it for the fire that it is, and who invites such hungry flames among that which they possess?

‘I am my own cage.’ She lifts her sword. ‘And I have opened the door.’

Never be so focused on picking a lock that you forget kicking down the door is also an option.’

You should have murdered her that first day. Yes. Nona wiped her eyes and set her mouth in a grim line. I probably should have.

who wears such heavy armour if they are not vulnerable without it?

‘In the end it is not whether we live or die here, but how the message echoes through the empire and beyond.